Alabama true freshman running back Derrick Henry sustained a broken leg in practice on Saturday and had surgery Tuesday morning that included inserting a plate in his leg, TideSports.com first reported after talking to Henry’s high school coach, Bobby Ramsay.

Alabama coach Nick Saban confirmed the injury and said the staff is "confident" Henry will be back in time for fall camp.

“A kid like him, with the work ethic he has, I would expect him to have a quick recovery,” Ramsay, head coach at Yulee (Fla.) High School told TideSports.com, a Rivals.com website. “Naturally, he’s disappointed. But I talked to him and I think his spirits are going to be fine. He knows this isn’t as bad as an Achilles (tendon) or a knee injury. And I told him it’s better to have something like this happen now than in September.”

Henry, a load of a running back at 6-foot-3 and 238 pounds, will have the entire summer to recover from the fractured fibula. He entered Alabama as an early enrollee after establishing himself as one of the top five high school running backs in the country.

Henry broke the national high school rushing record (11,254 yards) and holds the state of Florida’s single-game rushing record of 502 yards.